If We're Not Going To

Not That I Ever Felt The Necessity Of Proving That All Human Beings Suffer The Same Way, Feel Joy The Same Way, But It Happened On My Way - When I Get Close To These People, Just By The Simple Intervention Of Translation I Can Actually Reach Them And Ask Them Something, And Their Reaction Is As I Expected. I See That The Relationship Goes So Smoothly, And I Realize That Cultural Languages And Specificities Are Nothing But Simple Obstacles That You Can Easily Overcome. It's Obvious That Human Beings Are The Same Wherever They Are.

We Are Nothing But A Link Between Our Culture And What We Can Actually Produce.

I Don't Ask My Students To Have Studied Film Or Any Education In General. What I Ask Them Is To Come And Sit And Tell Me A Story, And The Way They Choose It And Tell It, For Me, The Best Criteria For Whether They Are Right For Making Films. There's Nothing More Important Than Being Able To Tell Your Story Orally.

The [iranian] Government Grapples With More Important Issues And We Can Maybe Say That These Films Don't Really Exist For Them. It's Not About Whether They Like It Or Don't; It's Just Not Very Important To Them.

I Think Violence Can Never Be Justified. At The Same Time, Nobody’s Culture Or Beliefs Should Be Insulted, That’s Not Something I Can Accept Either. But I Cannot Justify Or Accept Any Violence At All.